Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Page 3

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

MILROY W. B. Fisher is on th© jury in Rensselaer this week. ■Mrs. Lud Ctark .and ker mother, Mrs. Fred Saltwell, were in Rensselaer Saturday. Sunday school was held Sunday in the new church. Don’t forget to come Sunday at 10 a. m. Dr. Besser called on John Mitchell Saturday evening. Mr. Mitchell is still in very poor health. Come early next Sunday as an election of officers will be held the first thing at th© dhurch for the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. John Umfries, Mr. and Mrs. W. Darrow and Mr. and Mrs. I. Darrow took Sunday dinner with W. B. Fisher’s. Anna Caster, who is working in Rensselaer, came home for a short stay, as her parents were both sick. She returned to Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Banes and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hughes and daughter Genevieve took dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Folks.

Bad Colds From Sudden Changes Spring brings all kinds of weather and with it come colds and the revival of winter coughs and hoarseness. Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey will head off a new cold or stop the old one, th© soothing balsams relieve the sore throat and heal the irritated tissues. Get a bottle today and start treatment at once. At your druggist, 25c. Formula on the bottle. —Advt.

POSSUM HOLLOW We are having fine weather at this writing. Mrs. Louis Guyer called on Mrs. Orval Stevens Friday afternoon. Mrs. Dottie Kasler spent Wed-1 nesday with Mrs. Orval Stevenson. Charles Eldridge called on John and C. Johnson Tuesday morning. Mrs. John Johnson and Mrs. George Beaver spent Tuesday with Mrs. S. L. Johnson. S. L. Johnson and Frank Phillips -called on Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ellis of Rensselaer Saturday. ■ Mrs. S. L. Johnson and three children spent - Monday afternoon with Mrs. Chester Robey of Monon. T J. Parker and daughter Orpha of Barkley township spent Thursday night and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Johnson of near Monon. Those spending Tuesday evening with Steve Eldridge and children were Sam Graves and family, John Rendles and family and S. L. Johnson and family j Those spending Sunday with Charles and Ida Eldridge wei© John, Charles and Archie Johnson, Gale Brown, Charles Blaze, Bessie Graves and Wesley Rodgers. All reported a good time.

Many Children are Sickly Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children Break up Colds in 24 hours, relieve Feverishness. Headache, ’ Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address, Mother Gray Co., Le Roy, N. Y. —Advt. mlO

GIFFORD John and Carl Stockwell have moved to Gifford. Mr. Smith and family are moving to Moody this week. Misp. Beulah Walker is confined to her bed with measles. A. E. Zook went to South Bend Monday to work im the shops. William Hershifian loaded two carloads of cattle here Tuesday. T W. Hankins left Thursday for Tennessee to visit his brother and sister. . >"<* Dr. Hemphill was called to jour town Tuesday to see about the different cases of measles. Harry Reed took the contract for putting in five carloads of tile on the Ranck farm west of Gifford. Willard Hyman and son Blaine returned from Young America, Where the former went to store his household goods. Mr. and Mrs. Tine Perkins and two children spent the first of the week with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Bessie Snyder, who is not improving any. William Obenchain returned home the other night from North Judson. In running his car into the blacksmith shop he ran into the heating stove, knocking it over and breaking it. Couldn’t get his car stopped until he ran up on the coal pile; He had some time, boys, getting -the big fellow to its place. FOUR CORNERS Wesley Hammerton has traded his eighty acres in east Walker for Rensselaer property. Property at the Joe Lawrence sale Monday, vre are informed, did not bring the expected prices. Harvey Davisson and Ex-editor Clark of Rensselaer were in Wheatfield on business the last of the week. The renter is again on the move. No uncommon sight to see several families the same day moving to their new homes. Mrs E. W. Allen of Wheatfield, who had been confined to the house with a severe cold, is Able to he bn the move again. frank Smith and t family have

been having a seige of the grip for the past two weeks; Dr. Fyfe was called Tuesday to see the baby, which is quite sick. The Schatzley (family, who inoved from the farm fiorth of Wheatfield into the Melsher property, which they recently purchased, are all down sick at this writing. George Luse of Chicago is getting material on the ground to do some tiling as soon as Jack Frost ( will permit. Mr. Luse owns a part of the Luse ranch in ’Kankakee township. Clarence Nelson ,was called Friday by the mail service at Chicago and will now hold himself in readiness for a call to enter the service as a “sub.” mail clerk on a line out of Chicago. F. W. Fisher has been “on the hummer” for the past two weeks. A severe cold, bordering on pneumonia, and we have felt about as blue the past fortnight as our friend Bowie looked on Wednesday after the election. Our rural mail carrier, < Nelson, was off duty Wednesday. He and wife were attending the sale of personal property of the 1 late Mr. . Collins of near Lowell. Mrs. Nelson, Clarence’s wife, is a daughter of the deceased. We are thankful for the advise of the Wheatfield correspondent, in , which he advises us to continue farming as there was “millions in it,” and he quotes prices of corn at $1; wheat, ?1.80; oats, 60c; pork, ?13; potatoes, $3, etc. These prices were instrumental in helping us make up our mind to discontinue the farming. We have been contemplating voting the Republican ticket until the prices of farm products reach a normal level so the poor may purchase as well as the rich. Our conscience will not allow us to take present prices for i corn, oats and other farm products and we have decided to quit until conditions readjust themselves.

You Need a Spring Laxative Dr. King's New Life Pills will remove the accumulated wastes of winter from your intestines, the burden of the blood. Get that sluggish spring fever feeling out of your systern brighten your eye. clear your complexion. Get that vim and snap of good purified healthy blood. Dr. King’s New Life Pills are a nongriping laxative that aids nature s process, try them tonight. At all druggists, 25c—Advt.

ROSELAWN H. H. Nelson was a Chicago visitor Thursday. Mrs Otis Phillips is recovering from a slight attack of the grip. Herschel Harris of the Harris ranch, near Enos, was in town Sunday'. Orville Whitley and Mrs. Abe , Miller were Rensselaer visitor Saturday. j There is an unusual amount of -sickness in and about Roselawn at present. .« Miss feessie Baker, daughter ot I Ashur Baker, is ill with symptoms of diphtheria. I Ye editor of the Kankakee Valley Review was a Roselawn 'visitor Monday. Mrs. T. M. Gephart is lying at the point of death .at her home east of Thayer. Henry Christensen went to Lafayette Saturday to visit his father-in-law, Jacob Conrad. Mrs. Charles M. Blue of Rensselaer attended the Mothers’ day exercises at our school Friday, j Bert Hopper and family are moving this week to a farm owned by Dr. Turfler, north of Rensselaer. Mothers’ day was observed here by the Roselawn schools with appropriate readings, recitations and music.

Mrs. J. W. Crooks was a Roselawn visitor from Friday evening until Sunday morning, helping her husband at the drug store. Tom Huston was here from Rensselaer last week, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown on the Cummings farm. Humphrey Barbour is recuperating from a severe cold bordering on the grip. Humphrey says ye canna kape a gude mon down. John Barkey, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John, Barkey, is reported sick this week, and Dr. Tddings of LowelJL. was called to attend him. The public sale of horses, cattle, hogs anti farm machinery held by Peter Walstra Friday attracted a large crowd and the stuff brought high prices. Dr. Washburn was called to the home of Worden Wilder Sunday morning to see one of Mr. Wilder s boys. We understand the boy is suffering from pneumonia. Mrs. Daisy Sherlock is down from Chicago taking care of Grandma Nelson’s home while Mrs. Nelson is visiting with her sons land families at Wolcott, Brookston and Chalmers. Nick Hickson, the blacksmith, has secured a position with the Reinhart company of Kentland and commenced work Monday. He will move his family to their new home in the near future. . v I We learn that Dr. Iddings of Lowell and Dr. Tate of Thayer. ■ after consultation, have decided that the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adhur Baker has a severe

case of tonsilitis and not diphtheria as feared., * r , > <1 ' ■

Spring Colds Are Dangerous Sudden changes of temperature and underwear bring spring colds with stuffed up head, sore throat and general cold symptoms. A dose of Dr. King’s New. Discovery is sure relief, this happy combination of antiseptic balsams clears the head, soothes the irritated membranes and what night have been a lingering cold is broken up. Don’t stop treatment when relief is first felt as a half cured cold is dangerous. Take Dr. King's New Discovery till your cold is gone.—Advt.

WHEATIFELD Mr. Gibbs is loading a car of logs. » I Mr. Dooley was a Wheatfield •goer Tuesday. William Meyers and son went to Rensselaer Monday, j Dr. -Noland of Kouts was in ■ Wheatfield Saturday. The river school is closed on ac- ' count of the measles. - Mr. and Mrs. Charles called on Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McDaniel Sunday. j Henry Henricks is buzzing wood lin the John Petit neighborhood at this writing. * | Miss Viola Dewey is able to walk about the House now. She' is getting along fine! The Austin brothers are busy getting up their poles for a | sawing later or. I Mr. Goins has moved into the house on the Weiss farm. He is a real farmer now. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grube, Paul Grube and Albert Misch were callers, at the Dewey home Sunday. George Hewett departed for Ohio last Friday evening where he intends to work this summer. We ■ wish you all Abe happiness possible, George. Why don’t some of you fellows in Dakota write and tell us about vourselves? If you donT we are liable to say something mean. Now, altogether’ Miss Goin is getting ready to enter a business college at South Bend. A training in one of these educational institutions is surely a good thing. C. M. Dewey and your penpusher were at Kouts last Wednesday. We noticed lots of improvements in Kouts and in the country west and south of it. The papers all state, with great truth, that hogs are going up, but we know of one instance, Monday, when they took a drop. Keep still about it, as Mac don’t want it to get out. Mr. Freeman, who had lived on the Grover Smith farm for the past year, loaded his household effects in a car Wednesday to be shipped to Idaville where he has rented a farm. We wish him success. Mr Weiss, who lately sold his farm, loaded his household effects in a car Friday and Saturday to be shipped to Chicago, where he will make his future home. He was assisted by the Misch boys. Col. John Finn of Tefft was in Wheatfield Saturday looking as sprv as a boy in short pants. The colonel claims he is getting old, but i his looks do not show it. Even .f he is a member of the “Royal Order of Grand-dads,” he is another one of those young looking grand-dads, O, those sweet 16 foxy grandpas! We have quite a few around here. We wish to congratulate the ladies of Jasper county upon their entering the realm of the voter. Although the men were very slow in coming to their senses, yet the fact that they recognize the ladies now as real, legal citizens and have given them the sword of defense, which is the ballot, will Cover a multitude of shortcomings. Welcome to our rank s! You can help to solve a lot of knotty problems. ' You can take an active part in making this old earth glorious by the enthronement of righteousI ness, which is true justice.-

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MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Wallace Burns of Hammond is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Biddy Burn.’. Levi and Dan Stutzman and Ira Chupp went to North Judson on business Monday, fuming Tuesday. Victor Andersen and wife came Saturday and will l?egin work at once for O. E. Shellenbarger, west of town. Rev. Shell, whojiad been a guest in the heme of Rev. A. G. Cragun, pastor of the M. E. church -here, went to Crown Point Tuesday. Noah Miller and wife have made arrangements with his brother Jesse to keep house for him the coming season and will move in a few days. Noah Helmuth, whose home is at Arthur, Illinois, but who had been visiting in Lagrange county, came Friday for a visit with his parents and brother, David’s family. Mrs. Bert Dillman of Wheatfield came on the special train Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Bengston remaining over until Monday. Mr. Dillman is the agent at Wheatfield.. * Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dee were the over Sunday guests of Mr. Lee’s sister, Mrs. 3. W. Overton, lin Monon. Mrs. Overton had j-uet recently returned from the hospital

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where she had undergone an operation for appendicitis, but they found her doing especially well. Our friend and townsman, Jap Wright, left Friday for Pueblo, Colorado, to visit'his son Ray who is understood to be in quite a critical condition with tuberculosis. Mr. Wrght went to Grown Point Monday to see if he could induce his daughter, Mrs. George Hershman, to accompany him on the Western trip, but found her so situated that she could not leave. His. stay in all probability will be indefinite, as he cannot tell until he arrives there of the exact condition of his son. Mr. Wright was accompanied by jack Huffy, who had been visiting relatives here for a few weeks. Mr. Huffy is on his homeward trip and went by the way of- Pueblo to visit his two brothers who reside there.

FAIR OAKS Health still continues pretty good in our town. We have been having a variety of weather the past week. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was up a few days ago looking after his interests. Mrs. A. I. Abel visited relatives at Hammond, and Gary the latter part of the week. i. Leslie Warren moved Wednesday to a farm south of Aix, where he will work this season. Lon Moffitt, after a week’s layoff pn account of a cold, returned to Gary where he has a job in the tin-plate shops. F. R. Erwin’s dredge is moving up Stream at a pretty good gait now. It is about 1 % miles from the county line. =- ./Barker Crawford is the latest to become the owner of a Ford. He went to Roselawn Monday and drove a brand-new one home. Mrs. J. C. Gilmore and son and daughter left here Monday for Panama,! where they will make their home if the climate is favorable. Rev. Hensley was here Sunday and delivered a couple of splendid sermons to good-sized audiences. He held the entire attention of the congregation throughout. Mrs. Jacob and daughter Beulah shook the dust of Fair Oaks from their feet Monday and struck out for Buchanan, Michigan, to make their permanent home. Mrs. Bozell, who had been visiting his son Herbert the past week, went to Remington Wednesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Bringle, a few days before going home. James Clifton passed his sixtieth milestone Monday. Jim and the writer were schoolmates forty-five years ago. By the way, it was also the birthday anniversary of a couple of his sons.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NEWTON COUNTY The lark, the blue bird and the robin are with us orice more. According to the prophets we are slated for another good fruit year. Davy Miller has condemned the old stable and will build a new barn. At the present writing the wheat crop in this vicinity is not at all promising. Jacob Schanlaub of North Manchester is here this week looking after his farms. With the coming of spring, Jasper Makeeverj who has been indisposed all winter, is feeling much better. The MakeeVer boys—Charles and

Jay—are converting some of those venerable white oaks into fine bridge lumber. It might help some: “Others have cheated you, give me a chance.” Advertisement in a southern Illinois paper. If you don’t like your Uncle Sammy there are several routes yet open by which a real, determined person could reach Germany. Miss Cecil Miller, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller, is in a Chicago hospital recovering from- an operation for appendicitis., ' In his promulgation of various schemes for avoiding war with Germany due credit should be given our great, gammoner for not suggesting that we tie up our ships, douse our glims ami take refuge in the cellar. Sometimes Dutch Bill of Germany and his red-handed crew show almost intelligence. Bor instance; this bunch is actually awakening to the fact, apparently,, that the United States will stand for jpst so much shovin’ and no more. *

“What causes round shoulders? ’ asked a Jackson township . teacher of a class in physiology. "Hound shoulders is caused by' a man loanin’ too heavy on his stumik,” answered the boy with a cluster of warts on his left thumb and a tooth missing. One lone, solitary quail has fed daily at S. Schanlaub’s corn crib since the first of January, and during this time it has become almost as tame as the barnyard fowls. This bird is the sole survivor of a large covey which fell a prey to the farmers’ worst enemy—the pot hunter. | While not exactly a competitor of Ben Fogli’s of Water Valley in the matter of wild ducks, Jack Brown of near Pilot Gbove owns a nice flock of these fowls. nevertheless; also several wild geese and brants. These birds attract no end of attention and in t'heJHast year Jack has explained, to the traveling public 1,500,926 times that they are not for sale. Farmers are waiting with no little* impatience for the opening up of spring. The summer’s supply of wood is sawed and split, hogs butchered and harness and farm implements overhauled and repaired, and when Jack Frost gives his final gasp there will be a forward movement on all fronts in the matter of agriculture, and the real, big, only worth-while battle —to feed and clothe the ' millions —will be on.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE C. R. Peregrine et ux to Elizabeth Cullen, February 20, lots 11, 14, Dunnville, Mannan’s •addition, S7OO. Harry Eger et ux to Fredio Karsten et al, February 15, part lots X, 9„ block 42, Rensselaer, Weston’s second addition, $450. James F. Swaim et ux to Daniel E. Lakin, February 24, south part w% ne, 18-30-6, 60 acres, Union, $4,500. ' ' John- Scott et al to William E. Scott February 15, and 3-4 se, 31-27-6, 160 acres, Carpenter, $23,00.0. . William E. Scott et ux to Henry C. Boeks, February 26, east part se se, 31-27-6, 25 acres, Carpenter, $.4,500. William Wegnian et ux to Edward Sekema, February 26, nw sw, 31-32-7, 4 3 acres, Keener, $3,000. Teresa E.„ Martindale et al B John F. Zimmer, February 24, sw nw, 15-29-7, 40 acres, Newton, $3,800. Angeline Markin et al to Simon Shannon, February 15, south part sw, 33-27-6, 125 acres. Carpenter, $21,250. Benjamin F. Fendig et al to City of Rensselaer, January 6, lot 6, block 2, Rensselaer, $3,500. Hiram Day et ux to Lalie V. Day et baron, February 20, lot 10, block 4, Rensselaer, Columbia addition, SBOO. ± Benjamin Thurston et ux to Rebecca McQueen, February 24, w>/ 2 ei/ 2 nw, 34-27-7, 4 0 acres, Carpenter, $7,000. William Thurston et ux to Rebecca McQueen, February 27, e% nw, 34-27-7, 40 acres, Carpenter, SB,OOO. Chresten P. Hermansen et al to Cornelius F. Tillett,* February 2(F, undivided 7-8 e% se, 3-29-5, 70 acres, Gillam, $7,700. Chresten P. Hermansen, guardian Roy A. Hermansen, to Cornelius F. Tillett, February 27, undivided 1-8 e% se, 3-29-5, 10. acres, Gillam, $l,lOO, Guard, d. Adolphus L. Evans to Joseph Scheurich et ux, November 15, w>/ 2 se ne 20 acres; nw ne, 30 acres; n part sw ne, 4-29-7, 5 acres, Newton, $2,700. Sarah E. Clark et baron to Chresten P. Hermansen, February 20, s part ny 2 ne, 35-30-5, 52.50 acres, Gillam, $5,250. Herman Foster, adm. estate of Jacob Renz, to Cora Brand, kpbIruary 27, part lots 1,2, 3, block 89, Remington, Bruel’s addition, $2,500. , Fred Troxel et ux to Charles Dluzak, February 17, ey> se, nw se, 1-27-7, 120 acres, Cariienter, $15,000. ’ ' . ” , I John A. Clark to Peter Lambert, .February 27, s% lots 7, 8 > 9 > block ,20, Remington, $1,*200. James W. Lock by auditor Jasper county to John Eger, February 28, lots 7,8, 9, block 2, Remington, Western addition, sl4 5. T. I\ D. Benjamin J. Gifford by auditor Jasper county to John Eger, Feb 3ruary 28, w part sw se, 7-28-7. I*> 50 acres, w part nw ne, 18-zo-«, 12.50 acres, Jordan, SBO. T. T. D. I C C. Sigler by auditor Jasper 'county to John Eger, February 28, lots 1,2, 3,7, 8, 11, block 3, lots 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, block 4, Kersey, Sigler’s addition, s3l. T. T. D. Schuyler C. Brockus by auditor Jasper county to John Eger, February 28, lot 15, block 3, Fair Oaks, $lB. T. T. D. Charles G. Spitler, guard. May F. Thompson, to Charles M. Sands, February 28, part lot 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County Drainage asso-

ciation in 30-29-6, part outlot 36, Rensselaer, part s%, 30-29-6, Rensselaer, $1,400. Guard. D. ‘ ’ Ethan E. Warren et ux to Vivien Lee Ramey, March 1; lot 7, block 2, Rensselaer, Thompson’s addition, subdivision of block 3, S2OO. John Bill et ux to George M. Babcock, March 1, lots 6,7, ny» lots 5,8, block 4, Rensselaer, South addition, $2,00 0. THE ORANGE JUDD FARMER For a limited time The Democrat can give the Orange Judd Farmer (weekly) with The Democrat—either old or new subscribers-—one year for only $2.15 for both papers. Woman’s World (monthly) for Same price. The Democrat, Orange Judd Farmer and Woman’s World, all three one year for $2.25.

When the stack of a fourteen-tpn .shovel pulled Jby twelve horses struck a trolley wire in Cleveland two horses which had their feet on a manhole Wfere killed. Their chains became red hot. Do you use the want ad. columns of The Democrat? If not, try an ad. Subscribe for The Democrat

Up to the Bride.

“If you ever marry,” said Wederly to his friend Singleton, “will you go abroad, on your wedding tour?” “I certainly will,” replied Singleton. “That is, if my bride can afford it.”

Sure Thing.

The old jokes are often better than the new. Years ago a Cincinnati merchant used to have a sure-thing joke that he worked on his friends with great success. lie would meet a man and start criticizing the man’s personal appearance, and would wait until the man got good and hot under the collar. Then the merchant would rub It In by offering to bet that the other man didn’t have a whole shirt on his back. The bet always eagerly and Indignantly taken, and the merchant, the victim and the stakeholders would retire to a room. There the victim would take off his coal and vest and display his shirt. The result was always the same. The stakeholders had to admit that the victim did not have a whole shirt on his back. Half of the shirt was on his back! and the other half on his chest. \

Little Miss Malaprop.

“Come, Doris deaw, tell Miss Brown how old you are." y *Ts free, Miss Brown. How old la you?”— Browning’s Magazine.

Loud Enough.

She —How did you know It was I? I am sure I came in very softly. He —I know you did, but I heard your new rig.

NO HARD FEELINGS.

“Now that you have donated $200,000 to your alma mater for the erection of a now building, why do you Insist that it must be located on a particular part of I lie campus?” “Because,” replied the eminent philanthropist, “when I was a freshman I received on tills spot the worst night’s hazing I ever experienced, and I want to put up a building there just to show that I hear no ill will to the college for what happened to me.”

Generous Offer.

“Time and again I’ve given you a lift In my motor car.’’ ' “So you have.” “Now that I am hard up and can’t meet this month’s payment on it, you refuse to lend rne any money.” “Weil, I’ll tell you what I’ll do to help you out. You estimate the number of times you have taken me to town in your car and I’ll pay you 10 cents for each ride, which is twice the fare charged by a jitney bus.”

AWFUL.

She —They quarrel like cats and dogs.- ■: . 7 He —Worse. They even quarrel like two bosom friends.

Alas! Poor Woman.

Man wants but little here below. Because he’s too polite To Interfere when women go / ■ < For everything in sigdit.

Every farmer who owns his farm ought to have printed stationery with his name and the name of his postoffice properly given. The prtn* ed heading might also give the names of whatever crops he specializes in or his specialties In stock. Neatly printed stationery gives you personality and a standing with any person or firm to whom you write and Insures the proper reading of your name and address.